Warehouse Sizing and Scaling

Overview

Choosing the right virtual warehouse size and understanding when to scale are crucial for optimizing performance and managing costs in Snowflake. This topic covers the scaling options (up vs. out) and how they impact query execution.

Key Concepts

Warehouse Sizes (T-Shirt Sizing)

Warehouses are sized in a T-shirt model. Each jump in size doubles the number of compute nodes and doubles the credit consumption per hour.